General view of Grande Communications Stadium at kickoff of the Greenwood vs Lamesa football game Saturday. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram

General view of Grande Communications Stadium at kickoff of the Greenwood vs Lamesa football game Saturday. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram

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Greenwood's Colin Sullivan dives into the end zone to score a touchdown against Lamesa Saturday at Grande Communications Stadium. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram

Greenwood's Colin Sullivan dives into the end zone to score a touchdown against Lamesa Saturday at Grande Communications Stadium. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram

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Greenwood's Mason Fraley makes an interception in the end zone against Lamesa Saturday at Grande Communications Stadium. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram

Greenwood's Mason Fraley makes an interception in the end zone against Lamesa Saturday at Grande Communications Stadium. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram

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Greenwood throttles Lamesa behind Williams' 6 TDs

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When Greenwood's game against Lamesa was postponed a day because of Friday's downpour that made J.M.King Memorial Stadium unplayable, Rangers quarterback Kam Williams said his team took advantage of the day off.

He said the Rangers rested, enjoyed the rain from home and stayed focus.

It was obvious Saturday night that the Rangers offense didn't miss a beat as Greenwood scored on its first six possessions and rolled to a 77-34 homecoming victory over the Golden Tornadoes at Grande Communications Stadium.

"We have an all-around, fundamentally sound team," Williams said. "Whenever we're playing or when we're (away from the field), we know what our goal is and we all know we can't do anything stupid."

The game lasted a little more than three hours thanks in part to the 70 combined pass attempts.

Williams was the catalyst for the Rangers as he was 16-of-22 passing for 282 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions. He also added two scores and 68 yards rushing on 13 carries as Greenwood ended its non-district schedule with a 4-1 mark.

"I don't think we've done that since I've been here," said Williams about scoring on the team's first six drives. "When we started the game like that, we knew we all had that confidence for the rest of the game and we had control of it."

Greenwood's offense started rolling early as they recovered an onside kick to start the game at the Lamesa 49-yard line. Then in honor of the Rangers' 2002 state Class 3A Division II state finalist team Greenwood lined up in the wishbone, gaining 9 and 4 yards.

Greenwood capped off the drive when Williams took it in from six yards out.

However, Lamesa was quick to answer behind the passing of Kolt Moreland. The senior quarterback for the Golden Tornadoes got Lamesa to the GHS 1 before handing it off to the 5-foot-7, 215-pound Manuel Casarez for the touchdown. After P.J. Salazar ran it in for the 2-point conversion, Lamesa had its only lead in the game at 8-7.

The Rangers were unstoppable after that, scoring on their next five possessions.

Williams had TD passes of 32, 24 and 11 yards to three different receivers, while Braydin Moreland scored on TD runs of 22 and 7 yards for a commanding 42-14 advantage.

One of a handful of times Greenwood was stopped on offense came late in the second quarter when Williams fumbled the ball on a sack to give the Golden Tors the ball at the Ranger 19. Two plays later, Moreland found Salazar in the back of the end zone for a 19-yard TD pass to cut it to 42-20 at the half.

Moreland finished the night completing 22 of 47 passes for 341 yards with four touchdowns and one interception for Lamesa (0-5). His top target, Brody Alexander, caught 10 of those passes for 158 yards.

The Rangers' special teams and defense even got in on the scoring. Moreland returned the opening kick of the second half 84 yards for a score. Then, later in the third quarter Brandon Brown returned a fumble 29 yards for a TD following a sack of Gabriel Rodriguez.

"We executed well," said Greenwood coach Shad Hanna, summing up the night. "We caught the ball well, we blocked well. Now it's time to get back to work and put it behind us. We've got a bunch of battles ahead of us now."

The Rangers begin tough District 4-3A play at home in two weeks against Monahans.